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Lexile Assessment. Children will take new computerized reading assessment as fifth graders Short reading passages with a single multiple choice question that follows Passages become more difficult as they answer correctly looking for their instructional reading level
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Lexile Assessment • Children will take new computerized reading assessment as fifth graders • Short reading passages with a single multiple choice question that follows • Passages become more difficult as they answer correctly looking for their instructional reading level • You will receive a print out of that level with your child’s score
Using Lexiles to choose books for your child • http:// Lexile.com • http://bookwizard.scholastic.com • Book list attached to your child’s level • Note: Just because you child CAN read and understand a book at a high level, doesn’t mean that it is appropriate for them. Example: Twilight
What are the DRA and Lexile benchmarks? • Fifth grade Lexile levels around 700 • DRA levels • Fall 40 • Winter 40/50 • Spring 50